Jamison HensleyApr 8, 2026, 03:06 PM ETCloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.Follow on XMultiple Authors
Louis Riddick: Not out of the question this is Lamar’s final season with Ravens (2:13)Louis Riddick and Mel Kiper Jr. weigh in on the possibility of this being Lamar Jackson’s final season with the Ravens. (2:13)
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Wide receiver Zay Flowers noticed a difference in quarterback Lamar Jackson when the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player reported for the start of the Baltimore Ravens’ offseason workout program this week.
Jackson’s attendance at the start of the offseason program drew attention around the league because he typically skips the voluntary workouts in the spring. On Monday, the Ravens posted a video that showed Jackson running inside the indoor field house and working out in the weight room.
Jackson was among several star players, including running back Derrick Henry, Flowers, safety Kyle Hamilton and middle linebacker Roquan Smith, to report to the first offseason workout program for Jesse Minter, who replaced John Harbaugh after his 18 seasons as the Ravens head coach. Flowers said there is a sense of urgency from Jackson and the rest of the team with the change.
“It doesn’t matter who it is, you are going to have a window, and you have to just seize your opportunity,” Flowers said. “And this is our window, I feel like.”
Jackson is coming off a season in which he recorded his first losing season as a starter (6-7) and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2022. He was also sidelined four games because of a hamstring and back injuries.
The Ravens saw a motivated Jackson back in the team facility, where Baltimore will hold nine weeks of voluntary workouts before a mandatory minicamp in the middle of June.
Louis Riddick: Not out of the question this is Lamar’s final season with Ravens (2:13)Louis Riddick and Mel Kiper Jr. weigh in on the possibility of this being Lamar Jackson’s final season with the Ravens. (2:13)
Louis Riddick and Mel Kiper Jr. weigh in on the possibility of this being Lamar Jackson’s final season with the Ravens. (2:13)
Jamison HensleyApr 8, 2026, 03:06 PM ETCloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.Follow on XMultiple Authors
CloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.Follow on X